Col San Giovanni is a ''

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'' (and a

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) of the municipality of

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, in

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, northern

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Name

In former times the village was named ''Collis ad sancti Joannis'' or ''Collo di San Giovanni''.

History

Col San Giovanni was first mentioned in a document signed in 1011 by Landolfo,

archbishop of Turin The Archdiocese of Turin () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Italy.

. Since 1927 it was a separate

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

(municipality).

Relevant buildings

The local church was built from 1614 on the site of a previous one and it was renovated in 1922 to allow the transit of a new road. Its bell tower is the oldest of the

Lanzo Valleys The Lanzo Valleys (in Italian ''Valli di Lanzo'', in Piedmontese ''Valade ëd Lans'') is a group of three valleys in the north-west of Piedmont in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy. They are located in the Graian Alps of Piedmont, between the ...

and was built at the end of the 11th century.''CHIESA PARROCCHIALE DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA (fraz. Col San Giovanni)'', page o
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{{authority control Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Turin Former municipalities of the Province of Turin